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Proforest Africa partners NIRAS to implement the Ghana Private Sector Competitiveness Programme (GPSCP) Phase II

The Ghana Private Sector Competitiveness Programme (GPSCP) Phase II was launched in Accra to contribute to productivity in the cashew and oil palm value chains in Ghana. The five-year programme is jointly implemented by Niras and...

Daemeter Proforest Partnership welcomes the ADP delegation to SPLP

As part of continuous effort in sharing sustainable agriculture best practices through stakeholder engagement, Daemeter Proforest Partnership welcomed a delegation of the Amsterdam Declarations Partnership (ADP) representatives...

Parliament of Ghana Enacts Tree Crops Regulation L12471

Parliament of Ghana has passed LI2471 to fortify the Tree Crop Development Authority’s (TCDA) operations.  The TCDA, was established in 2020 to regulate and develop tree crop sectors such as oil palm, cashew, coconut, rubber,...

Three Key Proforest Principles

We have developed three principles that guide Proforest thinking on approaches to take across all our work.

MY Voice celebrates Human Rights Day

The MY Voice team took part in the annual Human Rights Festival 2023 organised by the Bar Council Human Rights Committee at Kuala Lumpur on 10 December 2023.

The festival, themed ‘’Dignity, Freedom and Justice for all!’’...

Proforest Africa Marks a Decade of Positive Impact on People, Nature and Climate

Proforest Africa celebrates 10 years of transformative contributions to responsible sourcing and production, promoting sustainable landscapes and facilitating multistakeholder engagements.

Proforest works with companies, private...

Forests for Water (Bosques para el Agua) Landscape Programme

From the Eastern Mountain Range of the Colombian Andes to the Magdalena River in Puerto Wilches, Santander, stretches the Lebrija River. Located in a region of great natural wealth, especially in water, with its rivers, streams,...

Continued collaboration with Roundtable of Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)

In November 2023, Proforest took part in the Annual Roundtable Conference on Sustainable Palm Oil (RT2023) by the Roundtable of Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) in Jakarta, Indonesia. Themed “Partners for the Next 20”, RT2023 provided...

Proforest at CoP28

Proforest will be represented in Dubai by Ali Merifield, Director of Communications; Shinta Puspitasari, Principal Project Manager working on MSI and policy, and landscapes in Indonesia, and Daleba Kpenahi, who leads our work in...

Aligned global questionnaires to ease assessment pressures for companies along the palm oil supply chain – less time on questionnaires leaves more time for action

The Working Group for Aligning Palm Trader Performance Assessment, which represents nine organisations across the world that are involved in assessing palm oil supply chains, has today announced a major step forward in their collective efforts.